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CALLED (names, titles)DUTIES OF MINISTERORDINATION OF
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CALL TO MINISTRYBENEFITS OF MINISTRYPROMISES, JOYS OF
MINISTRY QUALIFICATIONSFAITHFUL MINISTERSSUCCESS ATTENDING
CHARGE DELIVERED TOFALSE AND CORRUPTPERSECUTIONS OF
COURAGE OFHOSPITALITY TOZEALOUS
  • CALLED:

    • Ambassadors for Christ
      2Corinthians 5:20

    • Angels of the church
      Revelation 1:20; 2:1

    • Apostles
      Luke 6:13; Revelation 18:20

    • Apostles of Jesus Christ
      Titus 1:1

    • Defenders of the faith
      Philippians 1:7

  • CALLED:

    • Elders
      1Timothy 5:17; 1Peter 5:1

    • Evangelists
      Ephesians 4:11; 2Timothy 4:5

    • Fishers of men
      Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17

    • Laborers
      Matthew 9:38; Philemon 1:1

    • Laborers in the gospel of Christ
      1Thessalonians 3:2

    • Lights
      John 5:35

    • Men of God
      Deuteronomy 33:1; 1Timothy 6:11

    • Messengers of the church
      2Corinthians 8:23

    • Messengers of the Lord of Hosts
      Malachi 2:7

    • Ministers of

      • God
        Isaiah 61:6; 2Corinthians 6:4

      • Of the Lord
        Joel 2:17

      • Christ
        Romans 15:16; 1Corinthians 4:1

      • Of the sanctuary
        Ezekiel 45:4

      • Of the gospel
        Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23

      • Of the word
        Luke 1:2

      • Of the new testament
        2Corinthians 3:6

      • Of the church
        Colossians 1:24,25

      • Of righteousness
        2Corinthians 11:15

    • Overseers
      Acts 20:28

    • Pastors
      Jeremiah 3:15; John 21:16-18; Ephesians 4:11

    • Preachers
      Romans 10:14; 1Timothy 2:7

    • Preachers of righteousness
      2Peter 2:5

    • Servants

      • Of God
        Titus 1:1; James 1:1

      • Of the Lord
        2Timothy 2:24

      • Of Jesus Christ
        Philippians 1:1; Jude 1:1

      • Of the church
        2Corinthians 4:5

    • Shepherds
      Jeremiah 23:4

    • Soldiers of Christ
      Philippians 2:25; 2Timothy 2:3,4

    • Stars
      Revelation 1:20; 2:1

    • Stewards:

      • Of God
        Titus 1:7

      • Of the grace of God
        1Peter 4:10

      • Of the mysteries of God
        1Corinthians 4:1

    • Teachers
      Isaiah 30:20; Ephesians 4:11

    • Watchmen
      Isaiah 62:6; Ezekiel 33:7

    • Witnesses
      Acts 1:8; 5:32; 26:16

    • Workers together with God
      2Corinthians 6:1

  • MISCELLANEOUS FACTS ABOUT

    • Compared to sowers
      Psalms 126:6; Matthew 13:3-8; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-8

    • Teachers of schools
      1Samuel 19:20; 2Kings 2:3,5,15; 4:38; 2Chronicles 15:3; 17:7-9; Acts 13:1

    • Hired
      Judges 18:4

    • Exempt from taxation
      Ezra 7:24

    • Non-partisan in politics
      2Samuel 15:24-27

    • Influential in public affairs

      • Designate kings
        1Samuel 9:15,16; 10:1; 16:1-13

      • Recommend civil and military appointments
        2Kings 4:13

    • Expostulate with rulers

      • Samuel with Saul
        1Samuel 13:11-14; 15:10-31

      • Nathan with David
        2Samuel 12:1-14

      • Elijah with Ahab
        1Kings 18:17,18

    • Tact of
      1Corinthians 9:20-23; 10:23,28-33; 2Corinthians 12:16

    • Recreations for
      Mark 6:31,32,45

    • Say good-bye to the congregation
      Acts 20:17-38

    • Personal bearing of
      Titus 2:7,8

    • Preach without authority
      Galatians 1:15-24; 2:1-9

    • Patience of
      James 5:10

    • Work of, will be tried
      1Corinthians 3:12-15

    • Responsibility of
      Ezekiel 3:17-21; 33:8; Matthew 10:14-40; Acts 18:6; 20:26,27

    • Speaking evil of, forbidden
      Jude 1:8-10

    • Marriage of
      Leviticus 21:7-15; Matthew 8:14; 1Corinthians 9:5; 1Timothy 3:2,12; Titus 1:5-7

    • Incorruptible

      • Balaam
        Numbers 22:18,37,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14; 2Peter 2:15,16

      • Micaiah
        1Kings 22:13,14

      • Peter
        Acts 8:18-23

    • Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by Paul
      Philippians 1:7; 1Thessalonians 1:2-4; 2:8,11

    • Kindness to:

      • Ebed-melech to Jeremiah
        Jeremiah 38:7-13

    • Fear of
      1Samuel 16:4

    • Examples to the flock
      Philippians 3:17; 2Thessalonians 3:9; 1Timothy 4:12; 1Peter 5:3

    • Intolerance of
      Matthew 15:23; 19:13; Mark 10:13; Luke 18:15

    • Message of, rejected
      Ezekiel 33:30-33

    • Inconsistent
      Matthew 27:3-7

    • God's care of
      1Kings 17:1-16; 19:1-18; Isaiah 30:20; Matthew 10:29-31; Luke 12:6,7

    • Their calling glorious
      2Corinthians 3:7-11

    • Discouragements of
      Isaiah 53:1; Ezekiel 3:8,9,14; Habakkuk 1:2,3; Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:3,4; Luke 4:24; John 4:44

    • Defended
      Jeremiah 26:16-19

    • Beloved
      Acts 20:37,38; 21:5,6

    • Sent forth in teams of two

      • Disciples
        Mark 6:7

      • Paul and Barnabas
        Acts 13:2,3

      • Judas and Silas
        Acts 15:27

      • Barnabas and Mark
        Acts 15:37,39

      • Paul and Silas
        Acts 15:40

      • Paul and Timothy
        Acts 16:1-4

      • Paul and Titus
        2Corinthians 8:19,23

      • Timothy and Erastus
        Acts 19:22

      • Titus and a companion
        2Corinthians 12:18

  • CALL OF
    Exodus 28:1; Numbers 3:5-13; 1Samuel 3:4-10; 1Kings 19:16,19; 1Chronicles 23:13; Isaiah 6:8-10; Jeremiah 1:5; Amos 2:11; Jonah 1:1,2; 3:1,2; Matthew 4:18-22; 9:9; Mark 1:17-20; 2:14; Luke 10:1,2; John 1:43; Acts 13:2,3; 20:24; 22:12-15; 26:14-18; Romans 1:1; 10:14,15; 1Corinthians 1:1,27,28; 9:16-19; 2Corinthians 1:1; 5:18-20; Galatians 1:15,16; Ephesians 3:7,8; 4:11,12; Colossians 1:1,25-29; 4:17; 1Timothy 1:12-14; 2:7; 2Timothy 1:11; Titus 1:3; Hebrews 5:4

  • CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF
    Leviticus 10:3-11; 21:6; Numbers 16:9,10; Deuteronomy 32:1-3; 1Samuel 2:35; 12:7; 2Chronicles 6:41; 29:11; Ezra 7:10; Psalms 68:11; Proverbs 11:30; Isaiah 6:5-8; 32:20; 52:11; Jeremiah 1:7,8; 3:15; 20:9; Ezekiel 34:1-31; Malachi 2:6,7; Matthew 10:16-24; 11:25,26; 13:51,52; 20:25-28; 23:8-11; 24:45; Luke 6:39; 10:21; 12:42-44; 22:27; 24:49; John 3:27,34; 4:36-38; 10:2-5,11-15; 13:13-17; 15:20,21; 17:16-18,20; Acts 1:8; 4:8,31; 6:3,4; 20:22-24; Romans 2:21-23; 1Corinthians 1:23,27-30; 2:2; 3:7-10; 4:10-13; 9:16-23,27; 15:10; 2Corinthians 2:15-17; 3:6-10; 4:1-10; 5:11,18-20; 6:3-7; 10:1,2,8; 13:10; Galatians 2:8; 6:17; Philippians 3:17; 1Thessalonians 2:3-12; 1Timothy 3:1-15; 5:17,21; 6:11,13,14,20,21; 2Timothy 1:6-8,13,14; 2:1-7,14-16,20-26; 3:14,16,17; Titus 1:5-9,13,14; 2:1,7,8,15; 3:1,2,8,9; Hebrews 5:1-3,12-14; 13:6,7,9,17; James 3:1,13,16,17; 1Peter 4:10,11

    • Epistles to Timothy
      1Timothy 1-6; 2Timothy 1-4

    • Epistle to Titus
      Titus 1-3

  • CHARGE DELIVERED TO
    Numbers 18:1-7; 27:18-23; Deuteronomy 31:7,8,14-23; Joshua 1:1-9; Ezekiel 3:4; Matthew 10:5-42; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:1-16; 1Timothy 1:18-20; 2:1-15; 3:1-16; 4:1-16; 5:1-22; 6:1-21; 2Timothy 1:6-13; 2:1-26; 3:1-17; 4:1-8

  • COURAGE OF

  • DUTIES OF
    Exodus 4:12; Leviticus 10:8-11; Joshua 1:8; 2Kings 17:27,28; 2Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 40:1-3,9,11; 52:11; 57:14; 58:1; 62:6,7; Jeremiah 1:7,8,17-19; 4:15; 6:27; 15:19-21; 23:4,22,28; 26:2; Ezekiel 2:6-8; 3:8-10,17-21,27; 6:11; 33:1-9; 34:2-31; 44:23; Joel 1:13-15; 2:17; Jonah 1:2; Nahum 1:15; Habakkuk 2:2; Malachi 2:7; Matthew 7:6; 10:7,11-13,16,25,27,28; 16:19; 18:5,6,18; 20:25-28; 28:19,20; Mark 10:43-45; Luke 9:48; 22:32; 24:48; John 3:34; 4:35-38; 15:27; 20:23; 21:15-17; Acts 1:21,22; 5:20; 6:2,4; 10:42; 16:4; 18:9,10; 20:28; 22:15; 26:16-18; Romans 1:14,15; 12:3-8; 1Corinthians 1:16; 4:1,2,21; 9:16,17; 2Corinthians 1:24; 4:1,2,5; 5:14,18,20; 6:3-10; 7:4-9,12,15; 8:23; 10:8; 12:15,19; 13:2,10; Galatians 1:10; Ephesians 3:8-10; 4:11,12; 6:20; Colossians 4:17; 1Thessalonians 2:4-8,10-12; 3:2; 5:12; 2Thessalonians 3:4; 1Timothy 1:3,4,11,18,19; 2:7; 4:6,7,12-16; 5:1-3,7-11,19-22; 6:3,4,10-14,17-21; 2Timothy 1:6-8; 2:2-7,14-16,23-25; 4:1,2,5; 1Peter 5:1-4; 2Peter 1:12-16

  • DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO MINISTERS
    Deuteronomy 1:38; 3:28; 31:7; Malachi 2:7; 1Corinthians 11:1,2; 16:15,16; Philippians 3:17; Colossians 4:10; 1Thessalonians 5:12,13; Hebrews 13:7,17,18

  • EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
    Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 10:9; 14:27; 18:1,2; Joshua 13:14,33; 18:7; Jeremiah 31:14; Ezekiel 44:28; Matthew 10:9,10; Mark 6:8; Luke 10:7,8; 22:35,36; John 4:36; Acts 20:33,34; 1Corinthians 9:1-23; 2Corinthians 1:14,15; 11:7-9; 12:13-18; Galatians 6:6; Philippians 4:10-18; 1Thessalonians 2:5,6,9; 2Thessalonians 3:7-9; 1Timothy 5:18; 3John 1:7

  • FAITHFUL INSTANCES OF:

    • Moses
      Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19; Hebrews 3:2,5

    • Micaiah
      2Chronicles 18:12,13

    • Azariah
      2Chronicles 26:16-20

    • Balaam
      Numbers 22:18,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14

    • Nathan
      2Samuel 12:1-14

    • Isaiah
      Isaiah 22:4,5; 39:3-7

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah 17:16; 26:1-15; 28; 37:9,10,16-18

    • John the Baptist
      Matthew 3:2-12; Mark 6:18-28; Luke 3:7-9,19

    • Peter
      Acts 8:18-23

    • Paul
      Acts 20:26,27; Colossians 1:7

    • The apostles
      Acts 3:12-26; 4:9-13,19,20,31; 5:21,29-32

  • FALSE AND CORRUPT

    • General References
      Deuteronomy 13:1-5; 18:20-22; 1Kings 12:31; 2Chronicles 29:34; 30:15; Nehemiah 13:29; Proverbs 19:27; Isaiah 3:12; 5:20; 8:19,20; 9:14-16; 28:7; 29:10,11; 30:10; 43:27,28; 44:20; 56:10-12; Jeremiah 2:8; 5:13,14,30,31; 6:13,14; 8:10,11; 10:21; 12:10; 13:20; 14:13-16; 23:1,2,11,14-16,21,25-39; 27:9-18; 48:10; 50:6; Lamentations 2:14; 4:13,14; Ezekiel 13:1-23; 14:9,10; 22:25,26,28; 34:1-31; 44:8,10; Hosea 4:6,8-13; 5:1; 6:9; 9:7,8; Amos 2:11,12; Micah 2:11; 3:5-7,11; Zephaniah 3:4; Zechariah 10:3; 11:4,5,16,17; 13:2-5; Malachi 1:6-10; 2:1-3,8,9; Matthew 5:19; 7:15,22,23; 15:9,14; 20:20-27; 23:3,4,13; 24:4,5,24,26,48-51; Mark 9:33-35; 10:35-37; 13:21,22; Luke 6:39; 9:46; 11:35,46-52; 12:45,46; 21:8; 22:24; John 3:10; 5:43; 10:1,5,8,10-13; Acts 20:29,30; Romans 2:19-25; 16:17,18; 1Corinthians 3:1-4,10-16,21; 11:18,19; 2Corinthians 2:17; 11:1-31; Galatians 1:6-8; 5:10; Ephesians 4:14; Philippians 1:15,16; 3:2; Colossians 2:4,8,18,19; 1Timothy 1:3-7,19; 4:1-3,7; 6:3-5,20,21; 2Timothy 2:14-18; 3:6-9,13; 4:3; Titus 1:10-14; 3:10,11; Hebrews 13:9; 2Peter 2:1-22; 3:16; 1John 2:18,26; 4:1-3,5; 2John 1:7-10; 3John 1:10; Jude 1:4-11; Revelation 2:1,2,12,14,15,18,20-23

    • Instances of:

      • Aaron
        Numbers 12:1-12

      • Nadab and Abihu
        Leviticus 10:1,2

      • Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
        Numbers 16

      • Eli's sons
        1Samuel 2:12-17,22,25,28,29

      • Samuel's sons
        1Samuel 8:1-3; 1Chronicles 6:28

      • The old prophet of Bethel
        1Kings 13:11-32

      • Jonathan
        Judges 17:7-13; 18

      • Noadiah
        Nehemiah 6:14

      • Priests under Jehoash
        2Kings 12:7; 2Chronicles 24:5,6

      • Hezekiah
        2Chronicles 30:3,5

      • Priests and Levites
        Ezra 2:61,62; 9:1,2; 10:18-24; Nehemiah 13:4-13,28,29; Zechariah 7:5,6

      • Hananiah
        Jeremiah 28

      • Jonah
        Jonah 1:1-6

      • Rulers in the temple
        Matthew 16:6-12; 23:16; Luke 12:1

      • Caiaphas
        Matthew 26:2,3,57,63-65; John 11:49-51; 18:14

      • Judas Iscariot
        Matthew 26:14-16,21-25,47-50; 27:3-5; John 12:4-6; Acts 1:18

      • Simon the sorcerer
        Acts 8:9-11

      • Judaizers
        Acts 15:1; Galatians 3; 4; 5; 6

      • Diotrephes
        3John 1:9

      • Elymas (Bar-Jesus)
        Acts 13:6-11

      • Hymenaeus
        1Timothy 1:20; 2Timothy 2:17

      • Philetus
        2Timothy 2:17,18

  • HOSPITALITY TO

    • Woman of Zarephath to Elijah
      1Kings 17:10-16

    • The Shunammite woman to Elisha
      2Kings 4:8-10

    • The foreigners to Paul
      Acts 28:1-10

    • Simon the tanner to Peter
      Acts 9:43

    • The Philippian jailer
      Acts 16:33,34

    • Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)

      • To Paul
        Acts 18:3

      • To Apollos
        Acts 18:26

    • Justus to Paul
      Acts 18:7

    • Philip the evangelist to Paul
      Acts 21:8-10

  • ORDINATION OF

    • Of Matthias
      Acts 1:26

    • Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi)
      Acts 6:5,6

    • Of Paul and Barnabas
      Acts 13:3

    • Timothy
      1Timothy 4:14

    • See PRIESTS, LEVITES

  • PRAYER FOR:

    • Enjoined
      Matthew 9:37,38; Luke 10:2; Romans 15:30-32; 2Corinthians 1:11; Ephesians 6:18-20; Philippians 1:19; Colossians 4:2-4; 1Thessalonians 5:25; 2Thessalonians 3:1,2; Philemon 1:22; Hebrews 13:18,19

    • Exemplified
      2Chronicles 6:41; Psalms 132:9; Acts 1:24,25; 4:29; 6:6; 12:5; 14:23

  • PROMISES TO, JOYS OF
    2Samuel 23:6,7; Psalms 126:5,6; Jeremiah 1:7-10,17-19; 20:11; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 10:28-31; 28:20; Luke 12:11,12; 24:49; John 4:36-38; Acts 1:4,5,8; 1Corinthians 9:9,10; 2Corinthians 2:14-16; 7:6,7; Philippians 2:16; 1Thessalonians 2:13,19,20; 3:8,9; 3John 1:4

  • SUCCESS ATTENDING:

    • Jonah
      Jonah 1:5,6,9,14,16; 3:4-9

    • Apostles
      Acts 2:1-4,41

    • Philip
      Acts 8:6,8,12

    • Peter
      Acts 9:32-35

    • Paul
      Acts 13:16-43; 1Corinthians 4:15; 9:2; 15:11; 2Corinthians 3:2,3; 12:12; 13:4; Philippians 2:16; 1Thessalonians 1:5

    • Apollos
      Acts 18:24-28

    • See REVIVALS

  • TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF:

    • General References
      1Kings 19:1-10; Isaiah 20:2,3; Ezekiel 24:15-18; Hosea 1:2; Amos 5:10; 7:10-17; Matthew 10:16-27; 23:34; John 13:16; 1Corinthians 2:1-4; 4:9-13; 2Corinthians 6:4-10; 7:5; 11:23-33; 12:7-12; Galatians 4:13,14; Ephesians 3:1,13

    • Falsely Accused

    • Instances of Persecution:

      • Micaiah
        1Kings 22:24-27

      • Hanani
        2Chronicles 16:10

      • Zechariah
        2Chronicles 24:20,21

      • The apostles
        Acts 5:17-42

      • Peter
        Acts 12:3-19

      • Paul
        Acts 9:23-25,29,30; 14:6-20; 16:11-40; 17:1-13; 20:3; 21:27-40; 22:18,21,24-30; 23:11-35; 24; 25; 26; 2Corinthians 11:31-33; Galatians 1:21-24; 2Timothy 1:8,16; 2:9; 4:16,17

      • See ELIJAH, JEREMIAH

  • ZEALOUS

    • Titus
      2Corinthians 8:16,17

    • Epaphroditus
      Philippians 2:25-30

    • Epaphras
      Colossians 4:12,13

    • Tychicus
      Colossians 4:7

    • John, in his vision
      Revelation 5:4,5

    • See ZEAL


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